[ATV Today: 21.08.1974: Human cannonball - Mary Connors]

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Date	1974
Duration	00:03:12
Film type	Colour / Sound
Production	Professional
Genre	Television News
Company	ATV

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Mary Connors was the secretary of Joe Weston Webb, a Leicestershire showman and the owner of the human cannonball device (Weston-Webb was also featured in an ATV Today item on this day promoting his mud wrestling women). Connors returned in 1975 for a second attempt using a catapult.

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Summary	Mary Connors from Leicester, attempting to become the first woman to be blasted across the River Avon at Tewkesbury.
Description	Bob Warman interview with Mary Connors before and after failing the attempt.
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